Carbohydrates are an energy currency of our body. Particularly with CrossFit as it is HIGH-Intensity! We can store carbohydrates as glycogen (multiple glucose packed together) in our liver as well as in our skeletal muscle, right at the source of muscle contraction! Your starchy foods like rice, potatoes, oatmeal, flour,
With May long weekend just around the corner, and more summer adventures with this heat wave here are few tricks to help keep you reaching your goals! Plan ahead and pack nutritious snacks, to help save money and avoid “hangry” meltdowns.
It’s colourful, it’s macro-friendly, and the best part is it’s REALLY delicious! Beet, Mandarin and Walnut Salad Ingredients: Instructions: *4 Servings: 43C | 37P | 15F *Juice from mandarin and the oil from walnuts acts as a built-in vinaigrette, but feel free to top with dressing of choice
Monday to Friday you stick to your plan, your intentions and actions align with your goals…Friday evening rolls around and you lose inhibition…you have that second or third glass of wine when you were only going to have one. Have a second piece of dessert or 5 cookies, not 2.
During a point in my food logging history I put a lot of pressure on myself to be as perfect as possible. Looking back, I think what was going through my mind was that if I was as accurate as possible I would get better results. I had an all
IsoMalto-Oligosachharides (IMO’s) are the SECOND ingredient in Smart Sweets. What are they? It is a chain of DIGESTABLE and NON-DIGESTABLE sachhardies (carbohydrates). They are naturally occuring in Miso, Saki, soy sauce and honey, in VERY small quantities. The non-digestable part cannot be broken down in the small intestine, and when
-> Slow cook for 3 hours in a Dutch oven https://www.beefitswhatsfordinner.com/recipes/recipe/55598/classic-beef-pot-roast https://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/561/Pork_Tenderloin_with_Apples56843.shtml Incorporate as many herbs and spices as possible! Herbs and spices have been shown to have a number of health benefits for the gut, including: Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties: Many herbs and spices contain high levels of antioxidants,
Did you wake up today and think “I HAVE to go to WORK” “I HAVE to workout” “I HAVE to wake up early” “I HAVE to eat my fruits and vegetables” “I CAN’T have a drink tonight” WHAT if you change your negative thoughts, emotions and perceptions to something more
Who has ever been discouraged by the scale? Body weight is a very fluid and dynamic measure. Your weight can change based on your hydration, workout, stress, hormone status and the size of your last meal just to name a few! It will also fluctuate, day to day and hour
With the CrossFit Open in our rearview, it’s a great opportunity to reset and rebuild. The first and best thing The Open provides us is an opportunity to objectively assess our fitness compared to the rest of the CrossFit community. If your goal is to progress in CrossFit, then there
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